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Sports I Wednesday, August 5, 1987 ^ 5 *W^y r i Sports Guy nnrl \inii mr vif *1/* jr wi' vv^i I didn't want to do this, I swear. It's not my fault; I thought I was done writing columns last week. First, let me explain. Our Sports editor emeritus, Jeff Shrewsbury, was supposed to send me a column for this W issue. He's working in a small town this summer: Mavberrv. I think, but that's not important. Anyway, either the horsedrawn mail carriage broke down or he just plain didn't send the dang thing. I'd have called him, but I don't think they have phones way out there. The bottom line is, I have to be somewhere in an hour and there's not enough time to go down to the store and pick up a "McColumn." Sure, this might be a good excuse for one of those sappy, endof-semester thank you notes, but that's not the Sports Guy's style. fa Instead, it's time for evasive 1 ^ action. I'm gonna take a rag tag bunch of stolen comedy standards and turn them into a lean, mean column machine. But first, a Top 3 iu lisi; I Top 10 perfectly good sports words for phrases) the editor won't let me use in a column: 10. Niners 9. cage clash 8. grid squad 7. b-ball tourney 6. 'Frisco 5. fungo 4. groin pull 1 3. chapped I 2. Cincy >( 1. flummoxed Zupko Now here are some superlatives: Worst Nickname: David "Root Beer" Johnson. Now this nickname might be good for marketing later on. For instance, he could change it to "Lite Beer" and sign a big endorsement Sports hri Intramurals k % With the Miimmpr in ^ 5 tramural/rccrcational sports season coming to a close, it's time to crown the champions. That has already been done in voll< ball, where The InternationaiS beat Navy. Meanwhile, two other sports are set to con elude, said intramural director Bruce Butrym. f ; In softball, only nine teams remained at press time. Co-rec I teams Nobility, Noble Deviants, Shrubs and CSD remained, as did men's teams Noble Deviants, Psychos, Killer Angels, Average White Boys and Rear Entries. Both championships will be if | w decided Thursday evening. I SC/??EN Di?, JACKE1 11 "Anyth I "SPECIAL I For Fraterni, I CUSTOM PRINTED I - WHI I 791 I Located at 1 | ... just across Gervais S or* TnIL -ML. Richard Breen flummoxed /% 1 -*"-v 1 tr- -m -4- /9 m */"% i IUUK, a up contract. For the time being, however, a defensive end needs a tougher nickname. How about "Death" Johnson. It already says "D. Johnson" on the back of his uniform. Let the people think it's his real name. Rp?l nrnHiirt vnn'll npv?r kpp r. J "VT V. "VV. "Air Kendall" basketball shoes, named after the former Gamecock center. Honorable Mention: The Bob Horner Diet Plan. Best story of the summer: the Mark Breland vs. Whoever boxing match. Who cares if the story kept changing faster than the Sports Guy could get it into the paper, it sure filled up a lot of space. Worst story of the summer: Kraftv Hams throttled in in tramural volleyball tournament. The Gamecock's entry floundered from the beginning. Another Top 10 list: Top 10 headlines I'd like to write this fall: 10. "Gamecocks whip Oklahoma for national title 55-21" 9. "Guidry no-hitter gives Yanks world series win over Mets" 8. "Beer vendor finds $1,000,000 at Columbia Mets game" Oh, I'm sorry, I never told you I sold beer. Well, maybe if you came oui to a game every once in awhile you'd find out for yourself, you jerk! You think this is easy, being Sports Guy by day and Beer Gu> by night! Yeah, it's real easy tc just sit there and laugh at m> suffering! I've got a good mind to just., i u s t AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH! The Sports Guy was sedatec and is now resting comfortably it the Bobcat Goldthwait Hortu for the Terminally Stressed. Hi now sits quietly all day, to tall) flummoxed. Ws | fVBA title It's finally final. In South Carolina's first majo championship boxing match Mark Breland will fight Marloi Starling for the World Boxinj Association welterweight titli Aug. 22 at The Townshij auditorium. The card begins at 3 p.m. witl the main event expected fo around 4:30. Breiana, a ive^ uiympic goi< medalist, is 18-0 with 1 knockouts, while Starling, th I top-ranked challenger, is 40with 24 knockouts. : ABC will carry the fight on it "Wide World of Sports" pro : gram, but the match will b blacked-out locally. up ** II MMT<i rs - caps ing Textile" DISCOUNTS" ties & Sororities GAMECOCK DESIGNS JLtoALh -5638 110 State Street It. Bridge, 5 mins. from USC Felton face Sports Kdito This nasi Ju B Felton said USC men's head basketball final two y coach George Felton has faced a Another variety of problems this summer. Childers cc Scott Cook's C have earned hii By RICHARD BREEN Sports Editor Scott Cook's performance at the recent U.S. Olympic Festival may have sent him down a shaft ? a shaft leading into a gold mine. The USC soccer player's experience and explosiveness helped the South team to a festival gold medal and may have put him in line to make this year's Pan American Games and next year's Olympic team. "He entered the festival as a proven performer," USC head soccer coach Mark Ber * j ut a! ? i t_ _ ; it__ t i i son saia. 1 minK nis experience reauy neipea Sharpe getting By RICHARD BREEN diplomas. 1 Sports Editor degree in USC football wingback Sterl- and now ing Sharpe is spending his sum- retailing, mer getting things done. In body, He'll b i mind and character, the All- real worli America candidate is becoming most stud well-prepared for life after USC. Sharpe ; The Glennville, Ga., native time this ' was named to the strength and state to f > conditioning Ail-American team. abuse. ' It honors players whose dedication to conditioning has paid off "We v on the field. system, "I came here weighing 178 Sharpe s; pounds," Sharpe said. "It's very helps bee hard to compete on the college listen to / level (at that size)." nothing g ci i : a i. -4 i oimrpc nas gamcu zz puunus, using uiu ? and his size and ability has pro The m ? scouts taking notice. "Be Fre< \> As for academics, Sharpe will appears i leave USC next year with two on the fit practice New It's now only a matter of days The 1< r before two Gamecocks teams the Year begin practice. head th ^ Freshman football players are program, g due to report Monday, with e Gamecock returnees due back Bailey 3 four days later. Physicals are coach i scheduled for Aug. 15. Universit ti Non-contact drills begin Aug. past two r 17, and the Gamecocks will start with mer putting on the pads Aug. 20. i Two-a-day practice sessions "Kris ] 5 will last until Aug. 28, the day job hand e before classes begin. women's 4 USC will open its season at but the | home against Appalachian State swim tea s Sept. 5. bring in i- Meanwhile, the USC soccer work w e team will start getting ready for gram," their 1987 opponents Aug. 15. Bob Mai I r^'Aj^a're ^?w( I I vdSflfestiirifints \ I Efficiency And 1 Bedroom I Special Pre-Leasing Offer 1 I Come By Office For y j Rent Includes: | Cablevision, A/C, Heat, Elecl Furnished & Unfurnished Aparti I Located 1 Block Off C< 1041 Marion Strei Summer Leases Available I; | 9 mo. & 12 mo. leases s summer's RI) BREEN coach c r he wo t month hasn't been smooth for USC Univer: tball coach George Felton. LSU irk Greiner, his part-time assistant, left. eluded, lined to comment. Previously, all the ex- center ! would say was, "I won't be coming raised ; fair ad as lost a key member of his recruiting Chili 11. same p Jackson, a 6-7 forward, was declared made ? ly ineligible. A victim of the National \thletic Association's tougher qualifying Mea Jackson will head to junior college. situati* ting his grades up and honing his skills at disassc 0 Junior College in Pasadena, Texas, The 1 Jackson would return to USC for his will gi ears of school. anythi stressful situation has been the Jim Felt mtroversy. Childers, the head basketball week. Olympic Festival t -w T ii slot on U.b. i the team." i Berson coached the victorious South team in the Festival, but it's doubtful anyone would say Berson showed favoritism in using Cook. In fact, Cook, a midfielder, scored every goal for the South in their bronze medal-winning effort in 1986. Th f* P v no r t c \-\ A\i;n\/nr u/orAn't ovnnr?tinrT I i?v VApvilO, HVnVTVI , VYV1V11 I VApV.Vllll5 much from the 1987 South squad, Cook or no Cook. Indeed, it almost became a Cook-less team after he went down with an injury in the first week of Festival training. The injury kept him out of a scrimmage and forced Berson to ; ready for NF] He already has a business administration B01f7MKT^f yor^ within the school ^ mostly junior nigns, J* . * y/ aid. "Being an athlete & ause the kids will really i$55!5E?95!555r . JE, you. We tell them that * " **" * ;ood ever comes out of ' gs." ' , , 4. , ^'i'' < ime of the program is ; to Succeed." Sharpe *>a11 ? *a/4 P/vw I i*linn Clinrr WCII MlllCU 1U1 iULtCW, a Liivtiin^ onaijj ;ld and off. and off the field. ^ coach I Old coach )86 National Coach of Former USC assistar is coming to USC to coach Rick Sofield is e women's swimming head coach at the Un Utah. Sofield worked Weathers, women's Gamecocks from 198; at Southern Illinois earning an undergrade y-Carbondale for the "I think it's a big o] years, will split duties for him," USC head c l*s coach Kris Kirchner. Raines said. "They've young, enthusiastic m; Kirchner has done a fine job." ling both the men's and swimming programs, Sofield had spent th< growth of our women's as head baseball coacl im necessitated that we ford High School in an outstanding coach to N.J. A former major-1 ith the women's pro- fielder with the Minnes USC athletic director Sofield came to Carol />nm c r\? r\ An/1 r\ f Viic r\1oiMrtr* cum aaiu. I wnu wi ma ua; ,?v ?j&JSz !r Hi Risel \MM\ -. . 1 XSUl \ T welcome Apartments For Students 2 VI ^ I. W V I ^ ^ Details lLo-0^ tricity, Water # 2 Jul nents Available 2 our Rich \ w our Delic IIP Cherry Fh WOW! , 2 MI.M..U. | ?.s||||eB j problems I it Lower Richland High School, announced llgj uld join the staff at Louisiana State teg sity. pig happens to be one of the schools, USC in- pp , in the recruitment hunt for prized L.R. |?|g Stanley Roberts. Questions were immediately tag as to whether or not LSU had gained an un- ||pj vantage by hiring Childers. tSp iers then announced he had been offered the jgSg osition by Felton, but Felton denied that he pgf nwhile, the NCAA began looking into the p?| an and hinted Childers would have to till )ciate himself from the recruiting of Roberts. jpl NCAA backed down on that possibility, but Bi ve a report Thursday. Childers isn't saying ta ng more until then. pi on is holding a basketball camp at USC this p| showing may I lational team I make strategic adjustments. ! "We decided to use his explosiveness com- S ing off the bench," Berson said. K? The move paid off. The South went m undefeated into the gold medal match, a 1-0 win over the North. Cook started and played 70 minutes in that p; game, as the winning goal was scored in the pi game's waning moments. p Whether the Festival has put Cook on the gj road to future gold will be decided by selec- |? tion committees, but the 5-8 spark plug could p be standing tall on annthpr mrHalicf'c nipt- U form soon. 11 L, real world I W/F Bh J^Hy || ^ ' File Photo ie, shown here running a reverse, is a leader on I i Tennis coach it baseball Ron Smarr, who left as head ; the new coach of the USC tennis team to iversity of enter the real estate business, is coming back to the sport. with the 5-86 while Smarr will take over the ate degree. University of Colorado tennis pportunity program Thursday after a threeoach June year absence from coaching, j gotten a an for the "It's a real good situation," Smarr said Sunday after returning home from a father-son tour2 past year nament win. 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